Concordia Cruise ship death toll rises to six

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The death toll in the Italian cruise liner disaster has risen to six as investigators looked into reports that the ship’s captain might have been “showing off” when he steered the vessel too close to rocks.As another body was found on the partly-submerged Costa Concordia, Captain Francesco Schettino’s behaviour was under close scrutiny.He faces accusations that he abandoned the vessel before ensuring that all of the 4,200 people aboard were safely evacuated after the vessel crashed into rocks off the Tuscan coast on Friday night.It is thought that Capt Chettino sailed as close to land as he did as he wanted to salute to a friend on shore.As British survivors spoke of the “screaming and crying” as they tried to get off the stricken vessel, the ship’s owner Costa Crociere said “preliminary indications” suggested Capt Schettino may have been guilty of “significant human error”.While the investigation into the cause of the sinking continued, Italian rescue officials said a passenger’s body has been found in the wreckage, bringing the confirmed death toll to six, with 16 people unaccounted for. All 35 Britons on board, including 12 crew, are safe.The sixth victim was a man, found in a corridor in the part of the ship that was still above water.

 

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